The Brain=Mind Fallacy

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BINGO!

So if you call it an idea, people wont get married to it. But when you call it a philosophy, people cherry pick the connections and consistencies interdependency.

Its the other way around. Calling it an idea (or a collection of ideas) allows people to do the cherry-picking. Philosophy is to taken as a consistent whole.

Rand had her head up her ass.

What a brilliant argument.

Now, think for a second. When you have competing claims how do we settle those competing claims?

By determining which one is more logical or rational.

Using the word "philosophy" is SUBJECTIVE, it is used in politics and religion as well so it IS only a subjective word and cannot be universally applied.

Applicability to many things does not make it subjective. Philosophy is the study of nature of things and those things might be religion, politics and science. Thus we have political philosophy, philosophy or religion and yes, philosophy of science as well.

Ideas though, can be put through the universal tool of scientific method. The personal ideas or "Philosophies" of the scientists does not make the tool of method itself a mere "philosophy" it is a tool THAT WE USE TO FIND CONSISTENCIES.

Not all ideas are subject to examination by the scientific method. And you simply display ignorance of meaning of the word if you equate personal ideas of scientists to a philosophy.

If you are an ethical scientist, you don't want or should not want your ideas given taboo status. The ethical person wants the shit kicked out of their claims and put through the rigors of the TOOL of method to FIND THE CONSISTENCIES.

For anyone to be an ethical anything, philosophy is required, since ethics is a branch of philosophy.